Tent.



T E N T.

(Application filed July 12, 1899.)

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'llliiitlilDEUS DA LE MCOALL, OF \VICHITA, KANSAS.

TENT.

SJPEGKFKGATLQN form ing part of Letters Patent No. 659,981, dated. OctobenlG, 1900.

Application 111m July 12. 1899. semi No. 723,568. (No model.)

To all [rho/)2 it may concern/.-

lie it known that I, THADDELS DALE 31c- CALL, of \Vichita, in the county of Scdgwiok and State ot'liansas, have invented a new and useful improvement in 'lents, ot which the l'ollowi is a specification.

The (inert oi my invention is to provide a convenient and easily-portable tent for the use of campers and others which requires no poles, has a canvas floor, and may be sus pended and used as a hammock when desired.

it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the cloth with stays and fasteninc' devices. as will be hereinafter fully described with reference to the drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of the tent set up, but with the end flap open. Fig. 2is a view, on a reduced scale, of the tent laid out lint, ready to he lflllGd up. Fig, 3 i a i ol it rolled up. Fig.1- is a vertical transverse section through one of the rib-stays. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through the ridge-pole, and Figs. 6, 7, S, and 9 are details of the fastening devices.

The tent-body is composed (see Fig. of three sections of canvas A B, each of about equal width and any desired length, firmly "-cured together. At the ends of the middle section A, which constitutes the floor of the tent, are attached the two end flaps C C of curved form to correspond to the cross-section of the tentwhen set up. In the side sections B B of the tent there are formed, by rows of stitching at suitable distances apart, transverse channels I) to receive flexible spring-stays D, which form the ribs of the tent and distend its side walls when set up, as in Fig. 1. These rib-stays are springs (if-elastic material and may be made of ha; (1 wood, metal, rubber, or any other desired material. These stays are arranged in pairs, the stay on one side being immediately opposite to a corresponding one on the other side, so as to be connected to it at the top when the sides are erected to form the inclosnrc. For the purpose of this con nection one or the ribs has a socket (4, Figs.

S and on its end, into which slips the end of the corresprmding stay. The connecting ends of the two stays of each pair are prof vine-d with corresponding llOlvS c, which reg;

ister with each other, and also slots 0', which register with each other. The holes c are designed to receive a key or staple d, Fig. i, and the registering slots c' receive staples c, on a sectional ridge-pole E E, Figs. 4, 5, and

9. This ridge-pole may be made of wood,

metal, or any desired material and is in two parts, one part E of which hasa socket fin its end to receive a tongue or tenon fon the other, so as to connect them in valineinerrtto form a stiff and continuous ridge-pole. The inner ends of these two sections of the ridgepole are provided with staples, which are passed through slots on each side of a plate g, Figs. 5 and 7, attached to the middle stay.

One of the side sections B, of canvas, is made a little wider than the other, so as to form a flap B, Figs. 1, 2, -l, and 6, that folds over the top of the ridge-pole and closes in the joint of the tent at the top, and for this purpose ithas staples 72, that pass through slots in the stays and are secured on the inside of the tent'by rope ends passed through the said staples.

The end sections 0 have corner-pieces F,

which when the ends are turned up form 'ends of the ridge-pole or tops of the end stays, at which pointof connection there is at each end a third rope B, Fig. l, which, together with the ropes R R, forms suspending attachments by which it may be slung from two trees or two posts, so as to form a hammock. When',so used, it forms an inclosed hammock, which may be either closed at the ends by the endliaps C or be opened and, if desired, provided with a curtain of mosquitonetting, so as to secure protection from insects and still allow a comfortable circulation of air.

In large tents the ring stays or ribs D niayleach made in twoscctions, articulated with knuckle-joints, as shown at a: on the left side of Fig. 4, so as to enable large tents to fold morercempaetly. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy I 1. Afloor-tent consisting of a middle sec/ tion' having attached along each of its longi-- tudinai edgesa separate rectan-gnlarside piece, eaclnside piece having a series of parallel and transversely-arranged pockets or keepers with spring-stays' in them, and the stays havinglocking devices at their outer endsandjadapted to be alined and joined in pairs. when the side pieces are turned up to forml thc tent-inclosnreas set forth. 2. A floor-tent consisting of a middle sec- 1 tion', two attached side pieces withiflexible side of'the tenthayinsafiap extension B's-ubstantially-as and. for the purposedescribed.

3. A floor-tent consisting'ef a middle sectransverse Jib-stays, detachable locking .de

vices for connecting the stays in pairs, one

tion having attached along eac'h'of its longitndinal edges a separate rectangular side piece, each side piece having a series of paralleland transversely-arranged pockets or keepers with spring-stays in them, the stays 4. A floor-tent consisting of a middle section, and two attached side pieceswith longitudinal suspending-ropes incorporated at the side edges of the middle section, means for d'istending the 'side section, a ridge-pole, andmea'ns for suspending the tent at its ends substantially as described.

, THADDEUS 'DALE ccALL.

Witnesses:

- BEN E. PAGE, S. D. PORTER. 

